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Hello Kitty Times Six!

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Hey all you Hello Kitty fans.  If you haven’t picked up the original graphic novels yet for this character, hold off for a while.  Viz announced that it will be releasing a box set that will have six graphic novels in it.  They will be: Hello Kitty:  Here We Go!;Hello Kitty:  Delicious!;Hello Kitty:  Surprise!;Hello Kitty:  Just Imagine…;Hello Kitty:  Work of Art; and Hello Kitty:  It’s About Time.  The MSRP for the set will be $39.99, which will be a discount for cover price, which was $7.99.  No release date has been announced yet, but keep your eyes open for them in your book stores or even specialty shops.

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Hello Kitty Con

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For all you Hello Kitty fans out there…this one’s for you.  The first Hello Kitty Convention will be held in Los Angeles.  The convention will be on October 30 through November 2 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Downtown Little Tokyo.  Adult tickets will be $30 and Children tickets will be $20.  Check out there website here: http://www.sanrio.com/hellokittycon

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Hello Kitty and Playboy Hmmm

Did not see this mash-up coming.  But I guess marketing is marketing even though it make you feel a little uncomfortable.  Hello Kitty (celebrating it’s 40 anniversary) and Playboy (celebrating it’s 60 anniversary) have teamed up to provide merchandise to their fans in this mash-up of brand names.  The French clothing & accessories retailer Colette created the merchandise and debuted it at Paris’ Crazy Horse caberet.  Yuko Yamaguchi (Hello Kitty designer) and Sarah Andelman (Colette creative director & purchasing manager) where present.  If this is something within your taste then you will want to link back to AnimeNews Network for pictures of the merchandise here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-03-03/hello-kitty-teams-up-with-playboy-for-a-new-kind-of-cute-sexy

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Does Bart get a New Pet?

This one is a little strange, but that’s alright.  Sanrio has announced that in 2014 there will be a merchandising crossover between Hello Kitty and The Simpsons.  What is probably even more shocking is that age of these two properties.  If you don’t keep track of how old things are this will shock you like it did me.  In 2014, Hello Kitty turns 40 and The Simpsons turns 25.  I don’t feel this old, but I guess I am.

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Zelda Wall Decals

If you want to spruce up your room, office, and/or collection area these Zelda “Stained Glass” wall decals will do the thing.  Blik produced seven Zelda wall decals all in the “stained glass” motif.  The are available at a suggested retail price of $37.00 per decal (http://www.whatisblik.com/).  If you’re not into Zelda, Blik has Hello Kitty and Pac Man wall decals as well.

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Hello Kitty Getting some Love

Hello Kitty has shown up in two places this past week.  The Hearts Dental Clinic has remodeled and has become a Hello Kitty themed dentist office.  The owner stated that the remodel was done to have a different image than the “painful, scary image” of dentist office.  The Hearts Dental Clinic is located in Tokyo’s Kota ward.  Then Japan Airlines, Tokyo FM Broadcasting and Sanrio is sponsoring a Hello Kitty themed airliner.  It is being done to raise awareness of cervical cancer as part of the ‘Hellosmile” project.  The jetliner flies from Toyko’s Handeo Airport to Sapporo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Okinawa until December.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-01-15/hello-kitty-dental-clinic-opens-in-tokyo

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-01-16/hello-kitty-jet-raises-cervical-cancer-awareness